Wheel.



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WHEEL.

APPLICATION TILED IAN. 23, 1908.

' Patented May 4, 1909.

w'pmmw ms Plflns 00., WASNIVUTON- A cv WILLIAM FLYNN, OF NASHVILLE,TENNESSEE.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4.-, 1909.

Application filed January 23, 1908. Serial No. 412,331.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VJILLIAM FLYNN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ifheels; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to .make and use the same.

My invention relates to wheels. And especially to means for securing thespokes of metallic wheels.

The object of the invention is to provide a rigid s oke from one end tothe other, and to secure y attach it to the hub and felly.

A further object of the invention is to cheapen the construction ofmetallic wheels and at the same time to provide a wheel which may haveits broken parts replaced or repaired at a nominal cost and in a shortperiod of time.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the Wheel partly insection, Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section showing the spokeprojecting into the skein opening.

Referring more especially to the drawings, 1 represents the hub which iscentrally apertured at 2 to receive the skein 3 as is usual. Extendingradially from the center of the hub are a plurality of spoke apertures4., which are threaded throughout their length to receive the tubularmetallic spokes 5, which have a threaded connection with the hub at oneend, and are threaded into the telly 6 at the other end and theseapertures i are enlarged at their outer ends to form circulardepressions or recesses as 9 for a purpose to be described. The threadsshown at 6 are probably a quarter or one-half inch long and the threadedaperture into which these threads take is of approximately the samedepth. The threads at the opposite end of each spoke, or those whichenter the hub are extended some-distance along the s oke to receive acombined strengthening s eeve and clamping nut 7, which has an enlargedhead 8 adapted to enter one of the circular recesses 9 in the hub andthe walls ol this recess brace the sleeve against lateral strain therebyavoiding danger of the spokes breaking oil at the periphery of the hub.

By referring to Fig. 2 it will clearly be seen how the spoke is appliedto the hub and to the telly. It is first threaded into the aperture e ofthe hub so that its inner end projects into the skein opening, (theskein being removed). After all of the spokes are in this position theyare each backed out of the hub so that the threaded portion 6 will takeinto the folly. The clamping nut 7 is then secured against the hub toprevent any movement ol the spoke, and the skein is then placed inposition.

Many modifications may be resorted to in practice and I desire itunderstood that such modifications are contemplated by me, and areconsidered to be within the scope of appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patout is In a wheel, the combination of a hub having aplurality of radially extending apertures with recesses forming; seatsat the outer ends of said apertures, a lelly having a plu rality o'l'spoke sockets, spokes extending into said hub apertures and follysockets, sleeves on said spokes extending beyond said hub and havingenlarged heads resting in the recesses of the hub, the walls of saidrecesses serving to brace the sleeves against lateral strain, and meansfor locking said spokes against longitudinal movement.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- DEBSSGS.

WILLIAM FLYNN. Witnesses E. EDMONSTON, J12, L. O. HILTON.

